Bobby McCain and Danny Amendola will square off constantly in practice over the next few months. (Andres Leiva/The Post)

DAVIE — Like most sports rivalries, the tension between Dolphins cornerback Bobby McCain and former Patriots slot receiver Danny Amendola was rooted in begrudging respect.

McCain said Amendola was his second-most hated player in the league (Tom Brady holds the top spot) and the two got into an altercation last season that pushed McCain to the point of taking a swing at him and getting ejected. But now that Amendola is with Miami, he and McCain have formed a bond.

The interesting thing about McCain and Amendola being teammates is that they’ll actually go against each other much more than when they were opponents. They should be matched up often throughout OTAs, the preseason and in practice during the year.

“I have a lot of respect for Bobby,” Amendola said. “He’s a great player. He and I are cut from the same cloth. We’re some dogs out there. We like to compete. It brings the best out of both of us out there in practice. He’s getting me better. I’m competing my tail off against him and I know he’s a great player.”

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Jason Lieser has covered sports in Chicago, New Orleans and now South Florida

Joe Schad is a sports reporter for The Palm Beach Post who covers the Miami Dolphins. He previous covered sports for ESPN, the Orlando Sentinel and Newsday.

After 19 years as a sports writer, copy editor and assistant sports editor at The Miami Herald, Hal Habib joined The Palm Beach Post's sports department in 1998. Areas of coverage range from the Olympics, Kentucky Derby and Super Bowl to local sports.